Books by Karthik Ramanna

4. Karthik Ramanna, Political Standards: Corporate Interest, Ideology, and Leadership in the Shaping of Accounting Rules for the Market Economy .  Here is one opening summary bit: “With the financialization of the U.S. economy, particularly since the 1990s, we see a growing impact of investment banks and asset-management firms in accounting rule-making.  These groups are more likely to propose rules that accelerate financial-statement recognition of anticipated economic gains — that is, fair-val...